Product Description

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26059 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2003-08-26
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Cantonese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Taiwanese Chinese
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 107 minutes

Features

• Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.Running Time: 107 min. Format:

Customer Reviews

Give the movie some credit...
This movie does not follow the book exactly, but how could that take away from the beauty of it? The target audience is a younger crowd, if the movie followed the book exactly I doubt it would entertain as this one does. I love the book, and I love this movie.. Unless you are a nerdy book worm, you should enjoy it too.. Great acting, great color, and great scenery make it a fun movie to watch!

NICE!
Eventhough the movie director didn't follow and cover the original story of book in this movie, i think this movie is good because Jim and Huck had free from their previous situation at the end of the movie (Huck got free from civilized society and Jim got free from slavery. Likewise, we can see both movie director and Mark Twain have same purpose because in my opinion, conclusion shows their final messages. Therefore, the conclusion is really important in our life.
Some people doesn't like this movie because the movie skips a lot of important parts of the book. For example, Tom did not show up in the movie. In general, the movie can't show everything within limited time(usually 2 hours length) So, i think the most important thing is to send a message. MAny people also disappointed about the movie Harry Potter but everything depends on your feeling. For me, this movie tells the main ideas from the book and shows great scenery with good actors.
I recommend this movie

A poor attempt at recreating a great novel
The 1960 movie, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was another example of how making movies out of novels doesn't always turn out too good. When Micheal Curtiz produced this film, he strayed from the book's original plot quite often and scrambled up the events. There are many scenes in his film that never even occurred in the book. For example, Huck and Jim get jobs twice in the film (On the steamboat and the circus). In the original book, Huck and Jim never get real jobs, which makes the novel more imaginative and fun. Micheal Curtiz made another mistake while making his movie by not including all the characters. I was very disappointed when I discovered that Mark Twain never appears in the movie. Mark Twain brought fantasy and entertainment to the story. The thing that I disliked the most, however, was the ending. Micheal Curtiz didn't use the original ending at all. He made up with a whole new ending that doesn't fit with the rest of the movie. I'd have to say that my overall feeling of this film is disappointed. This was a poorly made movie, and i recommend not watching it.

Adam B.
UHS